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Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

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Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

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Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

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Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

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Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

1C Story Network

Making the Cut: The (mostly) True Life Story of a Retired Surgeon

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Important mail arrives as Michael re-takes the exam for the Primary Surgical Fellowship, the gateway to becoming a surgeon. Will he make the cut?
Michael's relationship with Hanna takes a turn that will forever change them both.
 Having succumbed to the temptations of Hanna rather than hitting the books, Michael now pays a price for his choices.
 Michael says yes to a fellow doctor's cry for help in order to atone for his sins, inadvertently making way for his surgical idol to appear. 
 When new challenges emerge in Michael's journey and that of others, a helping hand in times of trouble tips the scale of life and death.
Michael enjoys the thrill of cutting even as he wrestles temptation.
Michael gets caught up in a storm both outside and in. As the winds rage through his heart, the next chapter of his medical career is set in motion.
When racial prejudice prevents Michael from getting a position at his chosen hospital, he is forced to look elsewhere, setting him on the path of a major life complication.
Michael and Victoria return to London and attempt a transition into living as husband and wife.
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 Michael, at last, heads to Harvard's Massachusetts General.
 Michael takes some advice from Mr. Hart and gets exactly the opportunity he needs to advance his education. He just has to jump through a few bureaucratic hoops first.
Michael crashes headlong into the undeniable fragility of life itself as he finishes his obstetrical rotation.
During his obstetrical rotation, Michael is surrounded by the outcomes of choices his patients made. When a former love re-appears, he must make a choice as well. 
In the second half of his stint as Locum House Officer, Michael learns the hard way that some surgeons harm rather than heal.
Michael encounters a much-needed mentor and father figure while learning a great deal about the true practice of healing.
Michael encounters two mentor possibilities and participates in a surgery for the first time. 
Michael is exhilarated when he is assigned to clerk the patient of a prominent surgeon. His efforts to impress, however, don't quite go according to plan. 
Michael experiences a crushing loss that brings the challenges of making it through medical school into stark detail. 
Michael finally earns his way across Gower Street and begins seeing patients. He also crosses into untouched lands elsewhere.
Michael and Victoria visit her family on the Isle of Wight. As their relationship deepens, Michael navigates the choppy waters of familial acceptance.  
Michael meets his incomparable British rose. 
Michael and his friend travel to the Meguid family village in Egypt where Michael learns more about his father, mother, and what it means to belong. 
Michael encounters the cataclysmic combination of emotion and intimacy, only to be dashed against the rocks of bureaucratic bedlam. 
Michael seeks the bonds of brotherhood by joining the University College First 8. He faces his first real societal responsibility as President of the Physiology Society: a banquet. The additional activities, though, have an impact on his academ
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